Mitch McConnell’s hospitalization fuels retirement rumors: report
Mitch McConnell suffered a concussion earlier this month in a serious fall, and the incident has fueled speculation the Senate’s top Republican may retire before completing his six-year term, RadarOnline reports.
McConnell was hospitalized for six days for injuries he suffered in fall at a Washington DC hotel where he was attending a private dinner. The 81-year-old Senate minority leader was discharged from George Washington University Hospital March 13.
The fall occurred at around 9 p.m. March 8 at the Waldorf Astoria on Pennsylvania Avenue.
A source identified as a Washington D.C. insider told RadarOnline that McConnell may retire before his term runs out in 2027.
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“Mitch has been a lion of the Senate so long that it’s hard to imagine him not being there,” the source said.
“But he’s 81 years old, and this isn’t the first time that he’s fallen. The talk is he may consider stepping down long before his current six-year term expires in 2027!”
Former President Donald Trump spoke disparagingly of McConnell in the aftermath of his fall.
“We do have to do something about Mitch McConnell,” Trump said, according to the report. “He’s a disaster. He gets his 10 guys and they give Biden whatever they want. There’s something going on. It doesn’t make sense.
“Nobody can understand it,” Trump said. “We gotta get him the h--- out. He’s a problem, big problem. In the meantime, I hope he’s feeling well, but he’s a big problem.”
A McConnell spokesperson on the day of his hospital release said the Senate minority leader’s recovery appeared to be going well.”
"Leader McConnell’s concussion recovery is proceeding well and the Leader was discharged from the hospital today,” the spokesperson said.
“At the advice of his physician, the next step will be a period of physical therapy at an inpatient rehabilitation facility before he returns home.”